Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-01

. 1890 uvhnel us iull dress uniform
iof Inc occasion This deputaticn SCENE.
onieho" 70 Deof a different class 10 thos
. , generally came to visit us. They wer.
nttie' Insignificant looking men Of an exces
siVeiy polite, not to say servile, ierneanor
una their attention appeared TO be chief,
kaken up with Observing the details Of Good,
(1uii dress uniform, Of which thew tool conf
GUS notes and measurements. Good -ra,
mucn battered at the time, not suspectino
tnat he had to deal with the six leading fail
ors OF Milosis- A fortnight afterwards how
ever, when ON attending court az usual ls
- the pleasure Of seeing soneseyen or eiobl
Au-Vendi "mashers7 arrayed in all the glo,v
OF very fair imitation Of bis full dress m;
form, he changed his mind. | sholI naye,
torget his face Of astonishment and diso,st
~ was after this, chiefly In order TO avoid re-.
marx, and also because our clothes were
wearing out and had to be saved up. we re.
1soiVed 10 adopt tho native dress; and a verv
fcomIortable one we found 1t, though Il am
pound to say that l looked sufficiently lpdi.
Gees In it, and as for Alphonse Only I'm.
siopogaas would have none OF these things.
When his moocha was worn out the fisrcA old
Zulu made him new one, and went ni,ont
unconcerned as grim and naked az his o,y,,
battle ak. III - ~.
Meanwhile we pursued our study OF tho
language steadily and made very good prog.
ress On the morning following our adven.
ture In the temple three grave and reyeren,
sSigniors presented themselves armed witt
manuscript books, ink hor.ss and feather pens
ana indicated that they had been sent to teach
US, and, with the exception of Umslopogaas
we all buckled to with will, doing fonr
hours day. As for Umslopogaas he ,vouId
ave mono OF that either He did not wish 10
iearn that 1woman's talk, not he. and when
one OF the teachers advanced on him with !,
DOCK and an ink horn and waved them before
MN IN a mild, persuasive way. much 81 !
cnurch warden inyitingiy shakes the e.sertorv
Gag under the nose OF rich but niggardly
Parisnioner, he sprang mp with fierce oath
uNi nasncd inkosi-kaas before the ewes OF orr
learned fkSpd, and there was an end of tho
attempt tSteach him Zu-Vendi,
thus we spent our mornings in usarul occ,,
patton, which grew more and ::or,, ,:,;,,,..sf.
ing as we proceeded, and the afternoons ware
gwen up to recreation. Sometimes we made
'ts,ps' notably one TO the gold mines and n,,.
oCner 70 the marble quarries, both OF which
WISH had space and time to describe. and
sometimes we went out hunting buck with
dogs trained for that purpose, and a very ex.
citing sport 1t is, as the country is full of
agricultural Enclosures, and our horses were
magnificent. This Is not to be wondered at
seeing that tho royal stables were at our com.
mand, III addition to which we had four
splendid saddle horses given to us by Nv.
leptha. - -
The evenings it was customary for s;,
Henry, Good and myself to dine or ratbo,
sup, with their maiesties-not every n;gbt
indeed, but about three or four times n xyeaL
whichever they had not much company or the
AFFAIRS OF state would allow of it, And nm
Dognd to say that those little suppers were
q'Ne the most charming things of their sort
ItIat ever had to do with. How true is the
saying that the very highest In rank arr
siways the most simple and kindly. It is
from your half and half sort OF people that
you get pomposity and vugarity. the differ
ence between the two being very much what
One sees every day in England between the
Old, out at elbows, broken down comfy fom.
ny eld the oyerbesring, purse proud people |
wnc come ana take tho place" / really |
think that Nyleptha's greatest charm is her |
sweet SIMPLICITY, and her kindly, genuine in |
terest exen in little things. She is the sim.
piost woman ever knew, and where her pas
IONS are not involved one Of the sweetest.
out She can look queenly enough when She
hEes and be as fierce as any savage, too.
for instance, never shall forget that scene
when l for the first time was sure that she |
syas really in love with Curtis Itca,ne about
In this way-all through Good 5 weakness fo,. |
ladies' society. When we had been emploved /
Tor some three months in learning Zu-Vend
Il struck Master Good that he was rettino
rather tired of the old gentlemen who did us
The honor to lead us In tho way that we
sfBuld go, SO he proceeded, without saving n
word to anybody else, to inform them thar il
was peculiar fact, but that we could not MAKE
any real progress in the deeper intricacics of
foreign language unless we were taught by
ladies, lie was careful to ex
ol2ki- In Lis own country, he pointed out. it
was habitual to choose the very best looking
and most charming girls who could he found
% instruct any strangers who happened to
,ome that way, etc.
All of this the old gentlemen swallowed
open mouthed. There was they admitted
'eason III what he said, since the contempla-
49, " NtS o0"uolui, as b1elr philosophy |
aught, induced certain porosity OF mind
milar to that produced upon the physical
'otE by the healthful influences OF sun and air.
it was probable that we might
lbsorb the Zu-Vendi tongue little faster If
utablc teachers could be found. Another
hing was that as the female sex was naturally
good practice would be gained in
he viva voce department of our studies.
I,o all of this Good gravely assented, and
he learned gentlemen departed, assuring him
hat their orders were to fall in with our
wishes in every way, and that, if possible, our
Il rs should be met
|. Imagine. therefore, the surprise and dis
ast of myself, and trust and believe Sir
ienry, when, on entering the room where we
zero accustomed to carry ON our studies, the
GLOWING morning, we found, instead of our
sual venerable tutors, three of the best look
ng young women whom Milosis could pro-
uce-and that is saying a good deal--who
flushed end smiled and courtesied, and gave
IS to understand that they were there to carry
N our instruction. Then Good, as we gazed
tone another in bewilderment, thought fit
% plain, saying that it had slipped his mem
ry hefore-but the old gentlemen had told
i'm, ION the previous evening, that it was ab-
olutely necessary that our further education
houldibe carried on by the other sex. was
and appealed to Sir Henry for
dyice in such crisis.